Patient Gamers

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A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.

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I know this is PatientGamers, but can we discuss how even the current generation of consoles seems to ask for patience as they aren't that many games 4 years after their release? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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Stumbled upon this video, which kind of summarizes the issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxaIP8F3K8

In summary

lack of risk taking by the industry
lack of creativity
industry prioritizes profit by making games compatible with the previous consoles generation
removal of split screen
outdated voice communication compared to PC Discord
disabled voice communication by default

For people here who have a current console, what do you think about this?

Another video on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61lX2mixdKQ

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I usually stick to PC which has a stellar track record for backward-compatibility and emulation capability, or with last-gen consoles that have an established game library.

I'm not going to buy a next-gen console based on promises and hypotheticals.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 month ago

Pretty much this. Haven't bought a console since 2010. Fully on Steam.

Games from forever ago work. And now it's portable on Steam Deck.

Unless you're obsessed with the latest releases, PC is great. Even exclusives are getting on Steam. The only thing that's not on PC is Nintendo... "Officially" anyways.